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Cope, Colorado

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Cope census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80812. The Survey maps it on the Cope quadrangle. 53 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,406 feet above sea level.

Cope within Washington County

On record in Cope

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

2 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Cope between 2010 and 2020, burning about 12 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
27 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresJoes Fire DepartmentN/A
29 May 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

42 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cope in 42 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 25 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 6 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2025Thunderstorm WindCope-WeatherLink Station near Cope Colorado.
May 2018Tornado (EF1)Cope-A tornado touched down and caused extensive damage to a carport and garage. One pine tree was uprooted.
May 2018Tornado (EF0)Cope-One of three landspouts that formed in an open field in close proximity to one another. |No damage was observed.
May 2018Tornado (EF0)Cope-The last in a series of three landspouts touched down in close proximity to one another. |It touched down in an open corn field and likely produced some crop damage.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindCope-Intense thunderstorm winds blew a grain bin across County Roads AAA and 23. In addition several power lines were knocked down.
June 2008Tornado (EF0)Cope-A small tornado touched down but did no damage.
June 2005Tornado (F0)Cope-A tornado touched down briefly but did no damage.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindCope-Strong thunderstorm winds damaged a mobile home.
August 2002HailCope-A severe thunderstorm, producing very large hail and damaging winds, pummeled sections of Logan, Phillips and Washington Counties. Several homes and vehicles were damaged. In addition, several farmers suffered extensive crop damage.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindCope-no account filed
July 2025Thunderstorm WindCope-no account filed
June 2024Thunderstorm WindCope-no account filed
July 2023HailCope-no account filed
June 2021Thunderstorm WindCope-no account filed
July 2020HailCope-no account filed
July 2020HailCope-no account filed
July 2020HailCope-no account filed
June 2019HailCope-no account filed
June 2019HailCope-no account filed
July 2019HailCope-no account filed
May 2018HailCope-no account filed
August 2017HailCope-no account filed
June 2014HailCope-no account filed
June 2009Thunderstorm WindCope-no account filed
July 2009HailCope-no account filed
June 2006HailCope-no account filed
June 2006HailCope-no account filed
June 2006HailCope-no account filed
June 2006Thunderstorm WindCope-no account filed
July 2005HailCope-no account filed
June 2004HailCope-no account filed
August 2002HailCope-no account filed
August 2002HailCope-no account filed
August 2002HailCope-no account filed
August 2001HailCope-no account filed
August 2001HailCope-no account filed
August 1996Thunderstorm WindCope-no account filed
August 1996HailCope-no account filed
August 1996HailCope-no account filed
August 1996Thunderstorm WindCope-no account filed
August 1996Tornado (F0)Cope-no account filed
August 1996HailCope-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Washington County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Wiladel10.0 miles8
Arickaree11.7 miles8
De Nova (historical)14.9 miles8
Thurman20.0 miles8
Anton20.1 miles8
Elba27.6 miles8
Lindon30.3 miles8
Hyde32.6 miles6

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on CopeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5168327The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 195026. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.